Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-18
SHOT THREE TIMES
A UE0Ro fIgYD BsoUGEr-To WIrH
BULLETs.
The Forth State swamp-Lands Canal
Fires at Several POin.s-After
Small Came.
ts.oclrl telorrnm 70 the pIapateh.l

RALEIGH. November l7.-Twcnty.five
convicts will be sent tomorrow TO Hyde
county to Join the force at work on the
canal there. The canal runs through
the State swamp lands. This accession
will make the entire force one hundred
and fifteen,
NJ. L. Parahqrd', general merchant at
Norwood. Stanly county. has assigned.
Liabilities estimated at $1,000 assets
not known.
In northampton county Yesterday
negro man attempted to assault girl.
lie was detected and pursued 10y a con-
stable, who came up With HIM at Har-
reilsville. The negro resisted the con-
stable, wheroupon the latter shot hlm
three times The wounds are not fatal.
The sale of the property o. the North
Carolina Milestone Company, nj Park
wool, Moore county, was advertised to
take place to-day, but has been stopped
by injunction, for which application was
made TO judge Dick, of the United
States District Court.
The bakery of u. c. Godfrey at Eliza
beth City was burned with all its con-
tents. Loss, 81, 500. No insurance.
The residence Of Alfred Fetzer at
Newton, Cotswba county, was also
burned with its contents early yester-
day morning. Loss about ~, 900.
Rev. ii. IL. Gibbons, q wcll-known
Methodist minister of Uaw-Riycr cir
cult, is dead aged about seventy.
Ex-Governor Groom, OF Maryland,
and several other gentlemen from that
State arrived at Oxford last night, and
will spend some days there quail-hunt-
ing.
The Supreme Court heard no argyll
ments to-day. having cleared the docket
of the Eighth district. There viii be no
/ arguments until next Monday.
+ Mr.. \. I. PAGE, Of Blues Crossing,
Moore county, went North to-day to
I purchase rails and engines for new
road, the Aberdeen and West End, which
/ is to extend from Blues Crossing, thir
teen miles in tho direction of Troy,
Montgomery county. y large force OF
iaborers is grading the road ripidly.
The Grading is light. Soon after the
holidays the work Of track-layiDy will
begin. Dy June the road viii he IL
operation. 1t will run through immense
tracts of virgin pine timber, and viii
prove Il valuable feeder Of the Raleigh
and Augusta road, with which i con-
meets at Blues Crossing. It will be eX-
tended to Troy, Dir. Page who is presi-
dent Of the company, informs ne.
The statement was recently made That
cotton was "pinni1g short in ether
words. that instead Of n yield 90 400
pounds Of injection from 200 pounds
of cotton IL the seed, it TINS season re-
quircs 400 pounds in the seed 10 pro-
duce that quantity Of lint. Prominent
farmers in The Wilmington section say
that where's ordinarily they get IS per
cent. OF Yield, this season they are gal
70 cot 80 per cent. II is also sal th,t
the difference s. dae 20 the exceptional
size of tie seed. Il is further stated
that the seed. though OF exceptional
size, do not Yield more oil than those OF
ordinary seasons
Wilmington is doing a lively business
in cotton this season, il being far ~
excess Of any previous season. Nineteen
large ocean steamers have been ioade 4
with cotton there this season. Il $ cs''-
mated That this seasons receipts viii Joe
lS5, 0G0 bales.
lie people Of the Clinton section are
specially interested in an extension of
the LynchburS and Durnem railway t.
taat par. Of tle state. Prominent lncn
IN Durhlm give assurances that an oT-
tension is more tnan probable. Tbs
VIII give a liac from Wilmington 10
Gynchburg.
Dr.. ). y. Ramsay, Of Northampton
county, has resigned bis position rs q
director OF the Eastern insane Asylum
at Goid,boro'.
Captain Dallas Ward, woll-anown
and veteran conductor on The boielai
and Augusta Air Liue, is seriously Ill al
his home, at Frankliuton.
IN extensive plant is beng PIT in thC
new bIowH-sioDe QUARTS near Nades
boro. The Oh qIrric9are being very
extensively worked. Much stone is 6c-
ing furnished fcr the he,bor improrc
mcnt- at Wilmington. The granite
auarics a. Granite. on tho Raleigh anc
CASTOR road. near Henderson, are iuiul
operation with al the orders that ca1 b,
illel. In the past tve.ye months J., -'i
car.lo1ds Of the stone have been shippc,
from those qnaTries.
Inquiry has been carefully made as {,
;he pros. ct, for the construction OF tb'
railway from Southport, =. c., to Hris
tot. Tenn, '.nJvn as the South Atlanti,
aud Northeastern. Though a report ha
been c3iIsnc thlt its construction we
probable. - no fouad.tionc be foua
Tor it. me scheme appears to To- dead
The development O. interest IN th'
race for SIC democratic nomination f.
Governor has become quit, remarkable
md it is al q thing of TIE la-t fcw dsys
Active work is 5cio4 done hy tire ,t.eud
Of Judge Wallor Clark md Lieutenant
= Governor Stcdman in tire interest o
these gentlemen. several other & u'.c
men Of prominence are iikcDIss lncn
toned daily in connection with the !aat
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